There’s a reason why Google Gemini remains unpopular as an LLM chatbot- its restrictive guardrails make it frustrating to use.
Yesterday, I was preparing a workshop demo on how to incorporate web searches into prompts. I used a simple prompt: “what did donald trump announce in the past three days”
Both ChatGPT and DeepSeek searched online sources and gave a good summary of the chaotic directives from the White House. No fuss at all.
Google Gemini flat-out refused to give me any info, saying, “I can’t help with responses on elections or political figures right now.” Hello, the US elections are over. I’ve faced similar issues when using Gemini for other queries, and I’ve stopped recommending it as a backup to ChatGPT. That said, Gemini is still good for quick image generation.